Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (370180) for SB 916
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/28/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Bradley) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 113 and 114
    4  insert:
    5         Section 2. Subject to federal approval of an application to
    6  be a provider of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the
    7  Elderly (PACE), the Agency for Health Care Administration shall
    8  contract with a private organization that has demonstrated the
    9  ability to operate PACE centers in more than one state and that
   10  serves more than 500 eligible PACE participants to provide PACE
   11  services to frail elders who reside in Hillsborough, Hernando,
   12  or Pasco Counties. The organization is exempt from the
   13  requirements of chapter 641, Florida Statutes. The agency, in
   14  consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs and subject
   15  to the appropriation of funds by the Legislature, shall approve
   16  up to 500 initial enrollees in the PACE program established by
   17  the organization to serve frail elders who reside in
   18  Hillsborough, Hernando, or Pasco Counties.
   19         Section 3. Subject to federal approval of an application to
   20  be a site for the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly
   21  (PACE), the Agency for Health Care Administration shall contract
   22  with one private health care organization, the sole member of
   23  which is a private, not-for-profit corporation that owns and
   24  manages health care organizations that provide comprehensive
   25  long-term care services, including nursing home, assisted
   26  living, independent housing, home care, adult day care, and care
   27  management. The organization shall provide these services to
   28  frail and elderly persons who reside in Escambia, Okaloosa, and
   29  Santa Rosa Counties. The organization is exempt from the
   30  requirements of chapter 641, Florida Statutes. The agency, in
   31  consultation with the Department of Elderly Affairs and subject
   32  to an appropriation, shall approve up to 200 initial enrollees
   33  in the PACE program established by the organization to serve
   34  elderly persons who reside in Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa
   35  Counties.
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Between lines 19 and 20
   40  insert:
   41         requiring the agency to contract with certain private
   42         organizations, subject to federal approval, to provide
   43         PACE services in specified counties; providing that
   44         such organizations are exempt from the requirements of
   45         ch. 641, F.S.; requiring the agency, in consultation
   46         with the Department of Elderly Affairs and subject to
   47         legislative appropriation, to approve up to specified
   48         numbers of initial enrollees in such counties;